CHEC bulletin for Week of October 11, 2021
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT WEEK 1!
MISSION AND
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL PLAN FOCUS FOR WEEK 2
MR. REYES' 8TH GRADE ALGEBRA CLASS
MARIA TUKEVA’S (MT) MESSAGE:
MEETINGS THIS WEEK:
All Departments and SLC’s send individual notifications of their meetings
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WEEK 7
Strats/Analyze Product
Monday, October 11, 2021
Indigenous People’s Day
- No school for students, teachers, staff
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
PSAT & SAT Administration – High School has a special
Schedule
COVID 19 SERT Team 3:45 pm – Cafeteria and TEAMS
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Faculty Meeting 3:45 pm on TEAMS – Focus on MTSS Pre-Referral and Referral Process
Friday, October 15, 2021
UPCOMING EVENTS
As part of our mission to “develop cultural ambassadors, ”CHEC celebrates the rich heritages of all of our students throughout the school year. The heritage months serve as a culminating event, when we highlight the different cultures. September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic/Latinx Heritage month. In order to highlight the rich history and contributions of our Latinx students and faculty, please take advantage of the many resources that exist to enrich your curriculum and instruction. Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Assemblies will be virtual and will take place for High School Advisory on Monday, October 25, and for Middle School Advisory Friday October 29.
This Week’s Focus
This week, the focus is on the phrases from the mission which state, “Socio-emotional learning, empathy and restorative practices are the foundations of our school climate and culture, and We trust one another to continually improve our practices..”
This aligns to the Culture of Achievement Domain, which has as one of its goals:
By June 2022, we will increase the student satisfaction – Index from 93% to 95%.
- Sub-Goal 1: Increase the percentage of students who feel loved from 52% to 61% by June 2022
- Sub-Goal 2: Increase the percentage of students who feel prepared from 55% to 65% by June 2022
In our Panorama Survey of last spring, only 47% of our students rated themselves highly on the dimension of Perseverance. Perseverance is related to Self Management and only 61% of our students rated themselves highly on Self Management. These are Social Emotional skills and competencies that can be taught and learned, and as we think about our professional development of Friday, and our initiative to integrate SEL with content, we have an amazing opportunity to do so during our upcoming portfolio presentations (October 26 and 27).
Instead of the questions we usually ask, about content, and about what was difficult or easy, we can focus on questions that have students reflect on their process, their goal setting, their feelings about the project, their time management, the relevance of the project, what they did when they got stuck, how they would like to change their product going forward. We can make this a truly reflective process, one where students present whatever work they have, complete or not, and use it as a learning tool to move forward. We can build empathy and communication among classmates, as we ask classmates to provide each other feedback and reinforcement.
We can also get feedback from students on how we taught the project, and what they found interesting, or what they found not entirely engaging. In this way we can make our projects more compelling as we move forward.
Over the next two weeks, please brainstorm with your department and SLC, how you can make the portfolio presentation process a truly reflective and celebratory process, for all students, regardless of where they are currently in the completion of their GRASPS.
COVID 19 UPDATES
The COVID 19 SERT Team will meet again on Tuesday, October 12, at 3:45 in the Cafeteria and virtually. In this week’s meeting, we will be joined by our Student Health Ambassadors, who will share their plans.
UPDATE – CHEC has been selected as a Vaccination Site! As you may have heard, we will be hosting a 4 days a week COVID – 19 vaccine camp here @ CHEC starting October 12 (Tuesday). Depending on how well we do, we may be authorized to hold more camps in November. Currently, this is only for October. Please share this information with your students and families!
- The camps will run Tuesday – Thursday (3:30 PM – 8:00 PM) and Saturday (12:00 – 5:00 PM).
- First 200 adults will receive a $51 gift card.
- First 200 students will receive Apple AirPods (or they can choose a gift card, if still available).
- If only students get vaccinated, 200 will receive cards and 200 will receive AirPods.
Since the last update, we have tested no additional students, and there has been one additional positive case. Below are the notes from the first COVID 19 SERT meeting, as well as recommendations and suggestions.
- In response to the need to maintain a healthy and safe environment, we will be implementing the following:
- All desks in classes should be facing forward.
- We must continually reinforce proper wearing of masks – we will reintroduce our COVID 19 prevention videos, and will train student health ambassadors to support adherence to all norms and protocols.
Suggestions for follow up:
- We are communicating by email, whenever a student has to quarantine, so that teachers can be aware and provide work and access to classes. All teachers should view the webinar on Simulcast to be prepared for hybrid teaching. .
- We will be exploring ways to raise funds to purchase tents and furniture for outdoor lunch and learning.
SHOUT OUTS
- Shout out to the entire CHEC Team for Parent Teacher Conferences! Special shout out to Mr. Molina and Mr. Kroma for organizing the Website!
- Kudos to the Dean Team, the PGT Team, and Ms. Ferguson for facilitating a power PD Day!
- Shout out to Ms. Savage for weekly College visits and reaching all of our seniors to provide them with this opportunity!
- Kudos to Mr.Pinto for organizing interpreters from the BEA to support Parent Teacher Conferenes!
- Shout out to the ALT team for meeting and planning for our Tier 1 Interventions!
- Kudos to the Dean Team for organizing Restitution speeches and building a Restorative Climate!
- Kudos to SLC Administrators and Counselors for their work on MTSS planning!
- Shout out to the Dean Team for the Orientations and coordinating the Asymptomatic Testing!
WE HAVE A RECOGNITION! HONORED TEACHERS PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES THIS YEAR!
Columbia Heights Education Campus’s great teachers deserve to be recognized! We’re proud to partner with Honored Schools again this year to do just that! Go to HonoredSchools.org to tell Columbia Heights Education Campus teachers how they’ve made a difference. Please share this with parents and students! Once recognized, teachers get an email with your recognition story and we’ll celebrate them! Last year our very own Ms. Ramirez won the Life-Changing Teacher Award and a $5,000 cash award!
INSTRUCTION:
MS. ERMIS' AP LITERATURE CLASS
WEEK 7 OF ADVISORY 1
During this week, the first GRASPS should be close to complete – Portfolio presentations are in just two weeks! In order to present portfolios, students should be keeping their work in e-Portfolios on CANVAS, or in One Drive. If you need support with this process, please see your Department Chairperson.
As we discussed in the professional development day, the amount of content is not as important as the students’ depth of understanding, and their development of “soft” skills such as organization, planning, time management. Preparing for portfolios can be a celebration and reflection on work as opposed to a stressful experience. We can work on SEL integrated with Content by focusing on the reflective, soft skills for portfolio presentations. Students should present whatever they have complete, and reflect on the process, what they understand, and what they still need to work on.
In order to build on our themes of consistency and relationship building ,we will use the Agenda Book as a tool. The Books have arrived and will be distributed by PLT in Middle School, and by ELA class in high school. Your SLC Administrator will work with you in SLC to develop a launch plan.
Thank you for all you do to make instruction engaging for all students!
INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR
The Instructional Calendar is a living document that houses all the major curricular requirements, assessments, and schoolwide events. The Instructional Calendar is complete for the moment, however changes may be made and will be noted. If you have any requests for additions to the Instructional Calendar, please contact Mr. Magee,, peter.magee@k12.dc.gov, or your SLC Administrator.
Please view the Instructional Calendar for 2021-22 here.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Please contact Mya Ferguson or M. Tukeva if you would like to offer Office Hours, or if there is a topic you would like to see offered in Office Hours.
OPPORTUNITIES:
UPDATES FROM: I LETELIER-MOFFITT HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS I LIBRARY NEWS
AN OPEN INVITATION TO CHEC
Dear Principal Tukeva,
The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award is awarded annually by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Policy Studies. It is awarded to those advancing the cause of human rights in the Americas. The Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award commemorates Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt, who in 1976 were assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of the Chilean secret service. It was first presented in 1978.
The annual commemoration of the assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronnie Karpen Moffitt took place on Sunday, September 19 at 10:00 AM ET in person in a ceremony that featured this year’s awardees at Sheridan Circle in Washington, D.C. The Letelier-Moffitt Awards will be held virtually on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at 7:00 PM ET.
We cordially invite you and your students to attend the virtual event for FREE. You and your students can register here. Please share with your students.
LINCOLN LIBRARY NEWS
Lincoln Library Closed on Fridays
Ms. Falkenberg will open and manage the Bell HS Library on Fridays for Bell students and staff until the HS Librarian starts. Please note, book check out will be unavailable to Lincoln MS students during this time. Thanks for your understanding and flexibility. Email angela.falkenberg@k12.dc.gov to schedule HS Library visits.
Schedule Library Visits and Collaborations
Email angela.falkenberg@k12.dc.gov or call extension 4018 to schedule Library Visits and/or lesson collaborations. These collaborations include co-teaching, resource curations, reading promotions, GRASP assistance, etc.
Angela Falkenberg (she, her, hers)
Columbia Heights EC - Lincoln MS
School Librarian, M.Ed
WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE
Athletics are an integral part of the educational program and a means to accomplish the goals of education. Our athletic program exists for the welfare of students and the contributions it makes to their educational experience. Athletic participation builds self-esteem and confidence and provides the necessary tools for success. The interaction between individuals on the fields of sport teaches students the value of teamwork, while developing the proper competitive spirit, combined with a sense of fairness.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
The MS GSOC team defeated Ida B Wells. The MS BSOC team lost to Ida B Wells and Eliot-Hine. The HS FB team defeated Cardozo. The HS VB team defeated Ballou but lost to Banneker. The HS GSOC team lost to SWW.
VIDEO: RECAP OF OCT 8, 2021 GAME - BELL VS CARDOZO
PICTURES: MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER TEAM DEFEATS IDA B WELLS
BELL
BSOC: 4 - 3 - 1
FB: 6 - 0
GSOC: 3 - 1
VB: 6 - 2
LINCOLN
Archery: 0 - 0
BSOC: 1 - 4
GSOC: 2 - 0
VB: 5 - 1
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
MONDAY:
No games
TUESDAY:
MS BSOC vs. Oyster Adams at CHEC @ 4pm
HS VB vs. Phelps at Ballou @ 5pm
WEDNESDAY:
MS XC Meet at Colmar Manor Park @ 12pm
HS BSOC vs. Wilson at Wilson @ 4pm
MS VB vs. Deal at Deal @ 5:30pm
THURSDAY:
MS GSOC vs. Eliot-Hine at Eliot-Hine @ 4pm
MS VB vs. Leckie at Brookland @ 4:30pm
HS VB vs. HD Woodson at CHEC @ 6pm
FRIDAY:
FB vs. Anacostia at Anacostia @ 6pm
SATURDAY
No games
To participate in sports, including tryouts, students must complete participation paperwork and upload their physical via https://www.thedciaa.com/participation-forms . Anyone with questions, should contact the CHEC athletic director, Coach A in room D236, or via email at desmond.alexander@k12.dc.gov.
Fall sports include:
Middle School
Archery: TBD (desmond.alexander@k12.dc.gov )
Cross Country: Coach Lionel Edmonds (lionel.edmonds@k12.dc.gov)
Boys Soccer: Coach Jhor Chavez (jhor.chavez@k12.dc.gov)
Girls Soccer: Coach Maria Borrego (maria.borrgeo@k12.dc.gov)
Volleyball: Coach Constance Hanlon (constance.hanlon@k12.dc.gov)
High School
Cheerleading: Coach Dionne Wright (dionnewright02@gmail.com)
Boys Soccer: Coach Victor Molina (victor.molina@k12.dc.gov)
Girls Soccer: Coach Rhina Merino (rnmerino123@gmail.com)
Football: Coach Daniel Tyson (dnltysn@gmail.com)
Volleyball: Coach Mafope Alao (mafopa.alao@k12.dc.gov)
Desmond Alexander, CAA
Athletic Director
Columbia Heights Educational Campus
Bell/Lincoln Multicultural Schools
(202)939-7700 Ext: 5207 (office)
(202)576-9147 (fax)